Margaret Mather in Colors of the Larchmont Yach Club, from the Yacht Colors of the World series (N140) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 in. × 2 1/2 in. (10.1 × 6.3 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ephemera
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
Accession Number
63.350.207.140.32
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 1890s advertising with *Margaret Mather in Colors of Larchmont Yacht Club*, a charming commercial color lithograph from W. Duke, Sons &.'s *Yacht Colors of the* series (N140). Issued to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco, this petite print (just 4 × 2½ inches) captures a poised portrait of Margaret Mather amid the distinctive flag colors of the prestigious Larchmont Yacht Club in New York. Part of a collectible set, it reflects the Gilded Age fascination with yachting—an elite pastime symbolizing wealth, leisure, and maritime prestige. Chromolithography, the era's ...
About the Artist
W. Duke, Sons & Co. · 1870–1920
**W. Duke, Sons & Co.: Pioneers of Chromolithographic Trade Card Art** W. Duke, Sons & Co., an American tobacco manufacturer, emerged from the entrepreneurial vision of Washington Duke (1820–1905) and his sons in Durham, North Carolina. After the Civil War, Washington abandoned farming in 1874 to join his eldest son, Brodie L. Duke, in the burgeoning tobacco trade, establishing a factory that for...